Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Projects
Year 3 Project - Rocks, Relics and Rumbles
In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
Memorable Experience - Let's Rock! with Mrs Martinez
History - Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii
Geography - Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; compass points; Maps
This project is also supported by mini projects in:
Science: Forces and Magnets
Art and Design: Ammonite
Design and Technology: Making it Move
Computing: derived from D.A.R.E.S
Music: derived from Kapow
PE: derived from TeamThemeKent Resources
PSHE: derived from Jigsaw
RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum
More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024 document found below.
Year 3 Key Information
In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Lacross) and Thursday (athletics)
Ear-rings removed for the day please.
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English
The children will have an introductory week to our new topic about the Romans. There will be reading comprehensions on a variety of Roman topics to spark their interest.
Following this the children will learn about significant emperors of Rome and learn how to write a biography. They will need to include: headings/subheadings/ key information/dates and facts
Spellings
Week beginning
22.4.25 /h/
hit
whole
harm
half
heard
heart
height
history
huge
behave
behind
ahead
human
hero
horror
household
who
whom
whose
wholly
Maths
We have begun our unit on Fractions. This second part of the unit will focus on finding fractions of an amount.
Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. You can find their log-in in their reading record book.
Additional Information
PLEASE ENSURE ALL EAR-RINGS ARE REMOVED ON PE DAYS
Term 4 PE days are Tuesday -lacross
Thursday -athletics
Children need their reading book in school every day.
Spellings week beginning
28.4.2025 /z/
zip
buzz
his
please
dozen
blaze
magazine
whizz
grizzle
puzzle
chose
use
whose
busy
business
exercise
suppose
surprise
cheese
because
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We encourage the children to:
- Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
- Access their spellings on Spelling Shed